Photophysics of a neurotransmitter: Ionization and spectroscopic properties of serotonin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1952-1960

  Chattopadhyay, Amitabha ^a   Rukmini, R ^a   Mukherjee, Sushmita ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; MOOD; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PAIN; PARTITION CHROMATOGRAPHY; PH; PKA; RECEPTOR BINDING; SLEEP;

EID: 0029817754     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79393-1     Document Type: Article

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